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tweepy — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825

Tweepy does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to use of the Python httplib library.

Products
tweepy
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.1.0-2
CVEs
CVE-2012-5825
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Nov 2012, 22:55 UTC

Tweepy does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to use of the Python httplib library.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825

tweepy

Fixed versions: 3.1.0-2

Complete source record
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  "id": "b994d84586b636f0454049bdf70866f8d64fbac6be62649012f3f50df67f702d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825",
    "summary": "Tweepy does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to use of the Python httplib library.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "tweepy",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.1.0-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3.1.0-2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "tweepy",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/tweepy?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5825.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:17.423092778Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2012-5825"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5825"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2012-5825",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 421028,
  "published_at": "2012-11-04T22:55:04.997+00:00"
}